India clinched its first ever gold medal in the 'Wushu World Championships' in Russia's Kazan, courtesy Pooja Kadian. Wushu player Pooja Kadian bagged the medal in 75-kilograms category at 14th edition of the championship. Kadian finished at the top of the podium after beating Russia's Evgeniya Stepanova in the finals. Pooja had entered the finals after beating Egypt's Heba Abdelkader 2-0 in her last-four match. Four other Indian players also landed on the podium of the tournament that kicked off on September 27th and concluded on October 3rd

Burger King Russia also seems to be terrorised by 'Pennywise- the murderous clown.' Burger King's Russian division has filed a complaint with the country's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS), demanding that the movie 'It' be banned in the country

With a winning time of under 7 seconds, speed climbing can claim to be the Olympic Games' fastest sport. Speed climbing is one of five sports that have been included in the programme for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics along with baseball/softball, bowling, karate, surfing and skateboarding. Italy's Ludivico Fossali won the men's event after Russian Stanislav Kokorin committed a false start. But in the small final it was a much closer affair with Italian Leonardo Gontero winning in a time of 6.25 seconds, beating Russian Aleksandr Shikov by three hundredths of a second. In the women's event, France's Anouk Jaubert was triumphant in the final, beating Mariia Krasavina of Russia.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will undertake a visit to Iran and Russia on Saturday. The two-day visit to Iran is being undertaken with an aim to step up bilateral engagement in a range of areas

A passenger flight, Flydubai FZ981, crashed in southern Russia. All 59 passengers and six crew on board are reported to have been killed in the crash. Russia's emergencies ministry said the aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, crashed at the airport in Rostov at the end of a flight from Dubai.

The body of a girl who died in a fire incident in Russia arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday. In the shocking tragedy, two medical students from Maharashtra died of suffocation after a fire broke out in their institute in Russia

Russia's Rostech State Corporation has tied up with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to manufacture at least 200 Kamov 226T light helicopters in a deal estimated to be worth 1 billion USD under the 'Make in India' initiative. The Kamov will replace the ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak.

Congress leader Anand Sharma addressed on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not visited Pakistan to promote India's national interest. He also said the Congress considered it 'pre-arranged' and not a spontaneous decision.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin began the 16th Annual Summit in Kremlin. Prime Minister Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Russia, took a tour of the EMERCOM which is an emergency disaster facility on Thursday.

Russia has said that a bomb ripped apart a Russian plane that crashed in Egypt last month. During a meeting at the Kremlin, the head of Russian security service said traces of foreign-made explosive had been found on fragments of the wreckage.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said India and Russia are natural partners. Swaraj invited Russia for investment in India in order to increase FDI across different sectors, including trade, energy and aid India's flagship programs viz.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Kolokoltsev in New Delhi. Kolokoltsev was accompanied by a high level delegation whereas Singh was accompanied by MoS home affairs Kiren Rijiju and other officials of the ministry.

Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year.

Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz said on Monday that there will be no dialogue with India without Kashmir on the agenda. Aziz said that Kashmir tops the list of outstanding issues with India.